she was a lot of fun, catherine. she enjoyed life a lot. right now at 11:00, summertime activities in the dead of winter. check out the kids playing in the fountains in downtown san jose. believe it or not, there is a a cool down headed our way. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm chris sanchez. >> diane dwyer is off tonight. we are looking at a major pattern shift after we saw record temperatures for most of the month. >> we start with anthony who shows us when we might see rain or snow. it could be this week. >> excellent news here on the weather front. we are talking about a major storm system building across the pacific. you can see it spinning from the satellite. this thing is not only expected to cool us, but this is expected

to open the storm door wide open. that would mean rain and snow. so far this winter, we have a huge ridge where most of the western half of the u.s. is average and dry. the eastern u.s. is a different story. you heard a ton about the polar vortex. much of winter. that is about to change. expected to sink further south and the storm door opening and cooler temperatures headed to the bay area. yesterday many locations got into the 70s. mill valley is one of the warmest at 79. by thursday at 62 and even san francisco is 71 yesterday and expected 59 come thursday. temperatures are expected to cool and rain is in the forecast as we head towards wednesday and thursday. we will talk about that in a bit. >> a violent end to a late night party in san jose. police are searching if are a

suspect in a deadly stabbing in the east foothills. this marks the city's fourth homicide of the year. the victim is a san jose state student. nbc bay area is at the scene for the investigation. >> reporter: they spent the day interviewing witnesses and there were likely a lot of them. the stabbing happened at a party. i spoke to the victim's girlfriend. she was too upset to speak to us on cam remarks but her boyfriend was trying to break up the fight when he was attacked. a 21st birthday party ended violently after a man was stabbed to death. >> he was a very nice guy. hardworking guy. went to school. >> the party was on the 3400 block of sun crest avenue. >> it was about 11:00. some of the girls got into a competition. my brother and sister tried to

pick up the party. >> the family said the crowd of 20 to 30 people moved to the front of the house where the argument escalated and they said sam got involved. >> he tried to break up the fight. somehow he got back. >> san jose police said he he was taken to a local hospital where he died. they collected evidence and interviewing witnesses. >> he tried to ask information about coming to the party and tried to get the name. the suspect is likely someone familiar to them since only close friends were invited to the party. >> the victim's girlfriend said she is shock and truly devastated by what happened. she told us the physiology student at san jose university and they dated for over a year. nbc bay area news. >> thank you and this just into the newsroom.

police in antioch are looking for a gunman responsible for shooting i man outside a jack in the box this afternoon. it happened about 4:00 on lone tree way west of highway 4. the 33-year-old was shot several times in a silver van. they rushed him to a helicopter and airlifted him to the hospital. it is not clear what led up to the shooting. the victim is expected to survive. >> former classmates of a russian college student who calls the bay area home are reacting tonight to his arrest on bomb-making charges. police arrested a teen in pennsylvania where he is an engineering student at state. nbc bay area has reaction from know one of the classmates and with details on the charges that teen now faces. monty? >> good evening. the 19-year-old graduated from belmont last year. he faces very serious charges out lining the criminal complaint including possessing a

weapon of mass destruction. he did not object police say when officers came to the apartment near the campus of state and altoona looking for an illegal marijuana grow. the russian national let them in and in addition pot plants, officers found a suitcase containing a homemade bomb with an explosioned fuse and other bomb-making chemicals that he allegedly bought online. he reportedly told an officer he was going to blow things up and didn't say exactly what. >> i had to look twice and looked back at my year book to make sure. how is that even possible? >> steven attended class with him at carlmont high school. he said he was quiet and socially awkward, but never seemed dangerous. >> when we were in classes together, he was very shy and to himself. >> his home in san carlos, a

woman who identified herself as his mother said she plans to travel to pennsylvania to be near her son as he faces criminal charges, but would not comment beyond that. one neighbor who didn't want her face shown said she was shocked that the teen admitted he practiced making bombs in california. >> the reaction is very surprised. i'm upset. >> it carries a penalty of in prison, but because he is not a u.s. citizen, the legal expert said if he is convicted he would be subject back to russia. >> it's an aggravated felony, she supportable. even if he lived his entire here. >> because of apparent lack of involvement, she doesn't think the case is related to terrorism. >> he could be a nut. he is also a mechanical engineering major. he might have had legitimate reasons to try to do an experiment. >> he is being held on $500,000

bail. he is due in court for a preliminary hearing on february 5th. live in san carlos, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> new details about the man who died after boogie boarding in big waves off the santa cruz coastline. the coroner's office identified him as from mountain view. he crashed into the rocks at a light house point on friday. the swimmers jumped in, but the surf was just too rough. two of those would be rescuers suffered injuries and were treated at the hospital. a second set of rescuers didn't manage to pull him out, but it was too late. the fire department is urging swimmers to be aware of ocean conditions before hitting the water and to always be ready for changes. >> san jose state university police are warning students to be on guard after two sexual assaults on campus last night. a man rode his bike behind the victims and touched them

inappropriately. the suspect who was last seen riding towards the campus village apartments is a white man in his 20s with a thick mustache wearing a black hoodie and pants. they were not injured, but some students are on edge. >> i pretty much look around everywhere i go. i have it ready. i'm more cautious whenever i am coming out. i was like you want to go with me. i tell my friends to walk with  me. it's just scary. >> campus police are providing escorts and urging students not to walk alone at night. >> a man opened fire in a pub, injuring person who didn't know they were shot. it happened before 1:00 this morning at the red coat british pub and restaurant. the male suspect was acting strangely and pulled a gun out and started firing. >> and most of the rounds went

into the ceiling with ricochets. unfortunately one of the rounds did find one of the patrons and struck him in the left buttocks. >> the victim was not seriously injured. in fact his friend had to tell him he was hit and was bleeding. he didn't know. the suspect got away before they could get there. >> a police officer said he had no choice but to shoot and kill a dog after it bit an 11-year-old boy. they were called after receiving reports that two german shepherds were on the loose. officers found the dogs in nearby yards and attempted to hold them until animal control could come for them. when one of the dogs charged an officer, he fired the gun, striking and killing the dog. the second dog was apprehended and quarantined by police. police say the 11 year old's injuries were not serious. we now know who police in maryland say pulled the trigger on a mall full of people

yesterday and insight into his state of mind. police took his journal into evidence and say in it he writes about being unhappy. we have the answer. >> a deadly shooting and now a difficult investigation. what drove 19-year-old darian marcus agular with no criminal record to shoot and kill two people in a busy shopping mall. investigators searched the home he shared with his mother for clues. >> the shooter's house, we did have documents on the computers and other evidence. we are working through those. there is a journal. he does express general unhappiness with his life. >> on saturday he took a taxi to the mall in columbia outside of baltimore and waited about an hour before opening fire. >> i heard -- it sounded like somebody dropped something. >> i saw people run and i heard people screaming and i heard it again.

it was just boom, boom, boom! >> we have an active shooter in the mall. >> he shot and killed two employees of a skate shop including a young mother before turning the gun on himself. he was carrying a backpack of ammunition and homemade explosives. >> he literally fired. >> agular had performed the shotgun in december. they were from the same city, investigators are yet to confirm if they knew one another. the mall in columbia is set to reopen, returning to normal days after tragedy. >> nbc news. >> next, an abrupt end to a cruise ship vacation. >> they are investigating the virus that left hundreds of performs sick at sea. plus -- >> years ago we used to say it's winter time. it will get here.

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. new at 11:00, another day of hot lavad6 from mt. edna in it. the volcano has been active since thursday, the lava flow on the eastern side of the mountain. the nation's air traffic authority reopened and the activity had it shut down. it caused 18 flights to be diverted or canceled. >> it was supposed to be a relaxing vacation, but it turned into a sickening experience. the explorer of the seas was in st. thomas and the u.s. virgin islands and the officials from the centers for disease control were looking into the outbreak of a stomach flu. gabe gutierrez was with us. >> today health officials for the centers of disease control was in the u.s. virgin islands,

scrambling. >> i was one of them. it was awful. >> more than 300 passengers reported vomiting and diarrhea. >> it was a terrible experience. i have been on the boat before. we had an amazing time, but this time it has been awful. >> after departing on tuesday, the ship bypassed a planned stop in haiti to be sanitized in puerto rico before moving on to st. thomas. the mayor of eastern pennsylvania is on board vacationing with his wife. he is not sick, but said other passengers have been quarantined in their room. >> a lot of activity sanitizing the various railings. >> norovirus is a fast moving stomach bug. they said it sickens 21 million people in the u.s. and kills up to 800. dozens got sick on another royal caribbean cruise. >> for can spread readily from person to person.

when you have people confined, it can be quick and explosive. >> royal caribbean said sick passengers are responding well to the medication. we apologize about the disruption to their vacation. they are scheduled to leave st. thomas on the way to st. marten. >> that are is a bummer. the calender said winter, but if you want proof, you need to head somewhere other than the beautiful bay area. many people headed to the slopes to ski and snowboard where there is enough man made snow to have some fun. there may be hope yet for some of the real stuff. it couldn't come soon enough for sierra business owners. the winter operations are a disaster. so bad they say their summer operations are at risk too if

the snow doesn't come soon. nbc bay area introduces us to a business owner who said it's a troubling thing. >> right now it's not much of anything. it's a mess. >> years ago half of this parking lot would be buried from snow removal. you could not see this from the highway. the snow would be so tall. we used to say it's winter time, it will snow. it will get here. we don't say that anymore. the past couple of years have been so weird. from years ago to have 750 inches of snow and last year having the first snowfall in february. it is weird. this year we were able to work during the holidays and that helps a lot. the year before last, there was enough snow for christmas. christmas through new year's and martin luther king holiday weekend represents about 40 plus% of the income for the year. that's not just us. that's any tourist-based

business depending on people being here. >> how many machines do you have? >> all in all, over 100. we do two-hour tours and it's $120 for the trip. you have staff levels thaw need to keep to be able to do business when it's here. you have no business. it does snow, what do do you? you can't train people overnight. it takes time to get up and running by then. you get the storms that were enough to barely keep us going. we get very, very busy and nothing. just melting so fast. nothing we can do. if we don't get another storm, we will be checked out of these activities too. >> let's find out about the world of sports. he's on his way from comcast sports. there is a lot going on. we have a lot going on especially in nor cal versus so

cal. cal taking on ucla and stanford and usc. we have the highlights. plus the bright young stars go toe to toe and seth curren we the top guard in the west. highlights as the doves get back on the winning track.

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area. it wasn't that long ago when the warriors were red hot. since the win streak ended, they lot of five of seven. the portland trailblazers are the highest scoring game in basketball, averaging 109 points a game. let's get to oracle arena. seth curry was wearing gold shoes for grammy night? way to go, seth. andre iguodala scored down like somebody made you upset, young man. they were down four at the end of two. with the three, with just one second left on the clock. he had 23 in the first half. first quarter, iguodala again to curry. gets it around and there for 38 points. eight rebounds and the warriors win, 103-88. >> just what the doctor ordered. we did a great job paying attention to detail. starting the game off the right

way. it's against a good basketball team. >> nor cal versus so cal and the usc hosted stanford. the two-point game and 2.3 on the clock. omar, my goodness. not even close. i could do better than that. stanford came to play. randall had 17 points and went 79-71 in ot. cal and ucla, bears are 5-1. lots of high flying action in this one. first cal with solomon. the two-handed flush. ucla and norman powell with the alley oop. he said ka pow with a one-handed jam.

anderson and nice and soft. the browns win, 76-64. women with ucla taking on number 19 cal and berkeley. late in the first half, we were tied at 29. boyd drivewayings towait to the half. up six and drives underneath. she had 32 points and 16 rebounds. my goodness. cal wins 59-53. australian open. men's final, eighth seeded. he never won a set off of nadal in 12 meetings. he takes the first set and then in the second, nadal switches back and takes an injured time out and came back to battle. he breaks nadal and said come on, we have to work this out. he wasn't having it.

he puts nadal away for the first title in his 36th appearance. congrats to him. 2014. pro bowl, team rice versus team sanders. he looks like a grandpa. the former cal bear with shawn jackson. nor cal hooking up for six points. alex smith, the former 49er has murray for the cd. would they go for two or one for the tie? they go for the win. he jumped in the trunk and gets him across the goal line. 22-21 is your final. by the way, patrick willis was invited to be part of the pro bowl. perhaps we have a reason why. willis underwent a procedure on his and expected to be part of the team's program in april. i need you to help me out.

i'm wondering if chris is really wearing the same shoes that seth curry had on. >> she is. >> absolutely. same size and everything. >> they have heels. >> is that right? the heels and sneakers. i will try it out sometime. >> i am fashionista. what to wear for the workweek is the question. >> let's check out anthony and see what's going on. >> temperatures that are cool, but nothing like this weekend where we were close to 80 degrees yesterday. right now under partly cloudy skies and fog developing at the coast and breezy conditions really kicking in with the onshore wind reinforcing. we head through tomorrow and we have a huge storm across the pacific northwest. that is expected to impact the weather and bring us the cloud cover i was telling you about. we will see the storm system move through and bring you those clouts to the bay area.

unfortunately it seems as though my high tech computer technology has frozen we had this issue about minutes ago. i will have to send it back to you while we get this worked out. >> the only thing that is frozen in the bay area. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot. >> talk to you in a bit. >> before they head to the chapel, new brides are finding inspiration. >> coming up, from gelato carts to custom cigars. we will check into this. the fair showing off the wedding day trends, coming up.

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iconic restaurant on the peninsula. fans dine at joe's of west lake for the last time. it has been around since 1956 serving italian classics like veal pi cata and i can anty. it was sold to the owners of original joe's in san francisco. they plan to open the restaurant early next year, but the change is leaving many fans a bit nostalgic including jerry brown and his wife. they enjoyed their meal there and posted a selfer on twitter and tweeted last day at west lake. >> we will find out. after the holiday proposals, it's time to plan the weddings, folks. >> find out the top wedding plans of 2014. hundreds of brides and grooms to be went to the 11th annual wedding fair at the four science

san francisco and got to meet with more than 75 vendors and if they wanted to, they could check everything off their list in place. >> this is an absolute one-stop shop. we have photographers and video graphers and cake designers and caterers and photo booths. they can do anything they need to do on site. >> new trends for weddings are on site water contractual artists who can paint the bride and groom and custom cigars and espresso bars. >> they will be painting the bride and groom. maybe a participating of. maybe not. i don't know. coming up, a new grocery store where the food is beyond the sell by date by design. >> taking on hunger with food most people would throw away. >> with the approval ratings near all time lows, president

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♪ . >> a prime time address to the nation, president obama is putting final touches on tuesday's state of the union address. >> he has a new plan of action, but the scenes and the tone may sound familiar. lawmakers prepare and are ready to pounce on his agenda items. >> the president of the united states. >> in his fifth state of the union address, president obama is focusing on three key words.

opportunity, action, and optimism. >> we are going to hear from the president on tuesday night is a series of concrete practical, specific proposals on how to restore opportunity through job training and education and manufacturing and energy. >> on issues ranging from immigration to education and income equality, the president will lay out the agenda he hopes to complete with or without help. >> he sees this as a year of action to work with congress where he can and bypass congress where necessary. >> republicans have a wish list of their own. >> if president obama wants to give an honest state of the union address this week, he will address the fact that his policies are not working. >> i'm the first to acknowledge the president and i don't agree on every issue. if you took ten issues, there two or we agree on. let's go after the issues we agree on. >> a state of the union shining the spotlight on the state of

politics in washington. republicans are delivering three messages this year. the official gop response, one from the tea party and from senator rand paul who would like to deliver the state of the union message. brian mohr, n fwrks c news, washington. >> he is going on tour to sell his plan to the people. >> weighing in on the president's upcoming state of the union address. >> they zeroed in on the immigration reform. the affordable health care act and now and the future and how it helps people. >> on tuesday, congresswoman kathy scalise will give the official republican response to president obama's state of the union and it will be the first time in 14 years that a woman republican has made that speech.

it is part of a push by the gop to attract more women voterless. in washington with how the party can rebrand itself in a favorable light. >> republicans are calling for a new era. >> we know the gop has to get out of their comfort zone and go to places we haven't been. >> in other words, engaging women to back president obama over mid-romney 55 to 44% in the last election. >> i hope you will join me in our effort to make sure we have the right message. >> the party is not scoring many points to comments made by the presidential hopeful, mike huckabee. >> the democrats want to insult the women by making them believe they are helpless without them coming in and providing a prescription for birth control because they cannot control their libido or reproductive system without the help of the government, so be it. pafr comments like that make you

less likely to support the republican party? >> absolutely. they are not interested in supporting women. >> he valued and looked at us in a different way, but it's his opinion. >> female republicans are more forgiving. >> do you forgive the comments to support the broader picture? >> yes. at the end of the day, we care about getting back to work. the republicans offer an al turn testify to government getting in the way. >> now women get excited and vote republican. kathy scalise will give the official response to president obama's state of the union and it will be the first time a female republican makes that speech in 14 years. in washington, i'm danielle lee, nbc news. >> nbc bay area will have live coverage of the state of the union address. tuesday night starting at 6:00. >> a brain dead pregnant texas woman was removed from life support today.

lawyers for the husband said life support was disconnected about 11:30 today. they had until 5:00 tomorrow to comply with the judge's order to remove her from life support. she was declared brain dead in november and her fetus was not viable, but because she was pregnant, the hospital tried to comply with texas law and refused to remove her from the ventilator. it sparked a national debate about the beginning and end of and whether a woman considered dead should be kept alive for the sake of a fetus. most of us would pay not to get the flu. >> not these folks. why they are voluntarily getting infected.

. a big turn out to honor a japanese american man who stood his ground against discrimination. it was held at the auditorium of san jose state. he refused to go to an internment camp and japanese american citizens were rallied in the second world war. he was arrest and black listed for being unamerican. he was later exonerate and offered the national medal of justice. it is time to push for progress on immigration reform. to a surprise winner and undocumented winner he spoke about just that in his address. >> immigration reform is about

being able to go to college so that you can be a contributing part of society. immigration reform is about having a valid passport so you can visit your mom and your grandpa. that's immigration reform. >> it's a state holiday in california. >> in health matters, it's possible to trick your brain into believing that you had a good night's sleep. doorgd research pr colorado college, thinking that you got enough rest may help your brain work better. they call it a placebo. they gave the fake results to the subjects. those who were told they slept poorly and those who slept well ended up acing the test. >> don't complain about the bad night. it's wonderful. paid to get the flu may sound bizarre. they are giving dozens of people

the flu in hopes of improving the flu vaccine. this rare research shows how the body can fight off influenza. they sprayed millions of microscopic particles up into the nostrils of healthy adult volunteers. they do it voluntarily. it is intended to cause mild to moderate symptoms and they spend nine day in quarantine and compensated $3,000 for their time. >> that's a tough $3,000. it may be a tough sell for a grocery store. the plan to sell deeply discounted food past the expiration date. the country throws away about $155 billion in foot every year. much is still good to eat according to a study. miguel introduce us to the man behind the daily table. >> shopping for a healthy meal, this single momma is the the

food bank looking if are affordable groceries just past their prime. >> it's a day or two old or three days pedestrian due. it's still very much edible. >> this is exactly the customer doug is looking for. the former president of trader joe's will open a new grocery store that sells expired food for pennies on the dollar. >> a lot of food that is wholesome and healthy just being disposed. >> he will offer fresh produce. >> you are looking for ingredients or selling. >> perfectly good dairy. and most other grocery store products at deep, deep discounts. >> grocers receive a lot of products that have a sell by or best buy date and they pull it off the shelves and some several days before. it's being tossed. that's a crime. >> according to a study, 40% of

food produced in this country is dumped in the trash every year. $165 billion worth of edible food tossed out. >> those date labels you see, sell by ask use by are actually not federally regulate and not meant to indicate safety. >> worry that in mind outside boston, he opened the daily table. his nonprofit store will collect and sell what other grocers won't. the daily table which will prepare hot meals knows the concept may be difficult for some to swallow. >> i go by the sell by date. >> he believes his new store selling old food will have a long shelf life that just may surprise you. nbc news, los angeles. >> anthony joins us now with the microclimate forecast. >> hopefully technology that

will work. let's keep our fingers crossed. i wanted to tell the you about the huge storm brewing out in the pacific. this is going to change our set up as we head to the upcoming week. it is expected to open the storm door. really change the way our weather has been for the past month or so. we are talking about showers in the forecast and the return of the fog. the morning fog is expected to return as early as tomorrow morning. right up against the coastline and not everybody will wake up to the fog. here's the thinged heading through tuesday, north bay is expecting drizzle and not only that, but widespread fog for everybody and not only tuesday, but here we go. for wednesday and thursday. that's when the chance of rain starts to push into the picture and thursday is expected to be chill we 60s and 60s across the board. at the bottom of the screen, mid- to upper 60s across the south bay from san jose to morgan hill. you will be at 70.

palo alto is 67. san francisco while it will be mild, only mid 60s for tomorrow. north bay and east bay and the trivalley all expecting mid- to upper 60s. again, quite a bit of cloud cover expected. we took care of monday and now let's talk about tuesday. the showers in the north bay, santa rosa. it's not for everybody for tuesday. the north bay, you get the showers for the first half of the day on tuesday and dry out for wednesday morning. then as the system reorganizes and gets itself together wednesday evening, the showers push back through the picture and not only wednesday and thursday are we talking about the chance of showers, but as we push ahead to next weekend. the storm door is expected to stay open and saturday night into sunday now another shot of showers expected for the bay area. this is an excellent news. definitely what we have been waiting for. showers in the forecast and wednesday and thursday for most of us and then again for sunday

of next week. we will be tracking this. go to nbc bay area to find out the latest on the forecast. getting the weather ap again. you may want to find the umbrellas. it has been a while. >> what's that? did you get those at the museum? i don't know what that is. >> the sochi olympics are less than two weeks away. why there fewer americans watching the games in person than any time in the last 20 years. >> plus, how this derailed an annual juncture of peace at vatican city today.

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join us, and thrive. . this is not what you want to see with a symbol of peace. pope francis released two white doves in a gesture of peace and reconciliation. you see the kids out there. >> no! >> one of the dozens attacked by

a passing seagul. with help from the kids who embraced the boy and joined him during the prayer. another laughed it off during the angelic prayer for peace. the pope called for constructively dialogue in ukraine and two more sea gulls in vatican city. >> as the winter olympics near, more have been concerned with the security than what put the city in the international spotlight. they arrive and receive training on how to accommodate americans in particular. recent numbers may be lower number of tourists from the u.s. at the games than in years past. we have more from sochi. >> i'm standing in front of the picturesque mountains that surround sochi. here we can hear music playing as they prepare for the

celebrations that launch the games, but with the concerns surrounding them, u.s. preparations say fewer americans are booking to come to the games than for the last 20 years. high above the olympic park a security blimp keeps watch this morning. volunteers are picking up uniforms. many more arrive today, bringing enthusiasm and even excitement. are. >> i'm having fun. i'm very proud of my country being the host of the games. >> among a double suicide bombing that killed at least 34 people, more threats. over the weekend ai new internet message from the group, claiming to be behind the attack, promising further violence. they are not mentioning sochi and many believe the threat to the game itself is love. >> the security is going to be huge and think it would be

difficult. not impossible, but difficult to pull off an attack there. >> president putin's spokesman said all this concern is an attempt from the west to discredit russia and ordinary russians are tough. swimming in the cold water and the black sea for fun and tomorrowed they say not to be frightened by threats. sochi is preparing to welcome the world. russia getting ready for its close up. everywhere you go in sochi, there smiling volunteers and they have been taught how to communicate better with americans and how to reach out across the cultural divide and even the idea of volunteering in russia is new. the word volunteer is taken from the english, volunteer. back to you. >> nbc bay area.com for more on

the olympics in sochi. you can also sign up for the newsletter that will keep you updated throughout the games. >> if you missed the grammys, here's a recap of the big winners. daft punk took home album and record of the year for get lucky. mac lemore won new artist. ella yellish o'connor also known as lorde won song of the year for royals. want to hear this story. he was completely unknown a year ago and uploading to the internet. it ran so long, some stars left before the show was over. that's bad etiquette no matter who you are. >> tacky. >> looking ahead to the new year's tradition. >> happiness, wealth on display.

we will show them to you in a minute.

. thousands of people gathered in san francisco for the chinese new year flower fair this weekend. >> a two-day flower fair took place before the lunar new year holiday which this year fall this is friday. this features traditional music and art along with holiday flowers and fruit symbolic of chinese tradition for happiness, wealth, and rebirth. also known as the spring festival, it ushers in the year of the horse. >> all right. let's check in with anthony and see what's going on weather-wise. we have something coming. >> a major pattern shift happening across the u.s. this

week. it will cool us off. expected in the 70s like this past weekend. we are talking about 60s for daytime highs tomorrow and that will be what we are looking at. mid 60s across the board and increased cloud cover and a chance of rain arrives towards wednesday and thursday. we will be tracking that. today in the bay starts at 4:30. christina will be tracking that for you guys. >> thanks for watching nbc bay area news. >> have a good night and i will see you early next weekend.